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[1] "Decorative Heraldry," by G. W. Eve.
[2] The above notes on heraldic treatment are largely adapted from the admirable works on Decorative Art, by Louis F. Day.
[3] See Audsley's "Glossary of Architecture," "Angel," p. 101.
[4] "Rest.i.t. of Decayed Intell. in Antiq." p. 147.
[5] "Great Cities of the Middle Ages."
[6] "History of Signboards."
[7] Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable."
[8] "a.n.a.lysis of Ornament," by Ralph N. Wornum.
[9] That is, _Visconti_ is only a variation of _Biscia_ equivalent to _Anguis_, Italianised to _Angleria_.
[10] Pliny, Book xi. ch. 25, from an old translation.
[11] But for an oversight in the drawing, the unicorn should have been represented with the divided hoofs of a stag.
[12] "Mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its Use in Art," from the German of O. Seemann.
[13] W. N. Humphry's "Coin Collector's Manual."
[14] "Modern Painters," vol. iii. ch. 8.
[15] "Historical Devices, Badges, and War Cries," p. 10.
[16] "Iconography of Christian Art."
[17] "Orlando Furioso," iv. 18, 19.
[18] "Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians."
[19] W. Noel Humphry's "Coin Collector's Manual."
[20] Book x. ch. 2.
[21] Guillam's "Display of Heraldry." The same is also related in the Latin "Bestiarium," Harl. MSS. 4751; and by Albertus Magnus, Camerarius, &c.
[22] "Ca.s.sell's Natural History."
[23] Bk. viii. ch. 17.
[24] Harl. MSS. 6085.
[25] Hist. Dev. 260.
[26] "Natural History," x. 67, xxix. 4.
[27] Tylor's "Primitive Culture."
[28] Armorie of Honour, 62.
[29] "Coin Collector's Manual," Bohn.
[30] Book ix. ch. 13.
[31] The sign was also used by printers: John Rastall, brother-in-law to Sir Thomas More, "emprynted in the Cheapesyde at the Sygne of the Mermayde; next to Powlsgate in 1572." Henry Binnemann, the Queen's printer, dedicated a work to Sir Thomas Gresham, in 1576, at the sign of the Mermaid, Knightrider Street. A representation of the creature was generally prefixed to his books.--"History of Sign-boards," p. 227.
